Nine members of the delegation from Sri Lanka visited Russia to participate at the International Volunteer Forum, which was held on December 2—5, 2018, in Moscow.

On December 5, Ambassador Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka paid a courtesy call on Ambassador of Cuba, Gerardo Penalver Portal, a son of a founder of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba. Cuban Ambassador served as Director General on bilateral relations, coordinating Europe, Canada, Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa-Middle East, Asia-Pacific, before he assumed his duties in Moscow.

On December 4, Ambassador Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka accompanied by Madame Sanja Jayatilleka attended a meeting at Trialogue Club International, a meeting place of the Russian and foreign diplomats, politicians and experts for discussions on foreign and security policy. It was the last event of the Club for this year. The Club will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year.

Ambassador Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka paid the first courtesy call of the thematic series dedicated to Latin American states representing growing and stabilizing economies crystallizing from the volcanic eruptions of popular movements of the mid- and late XX century.

On November 21, the Transmashholding company hosted a group meeting in the framework of the Russian Foreign Ministry State Protocol Department's initiative to introduce diplomatic corps to the Russian Ministries, Agencies and State corporations. The meeting was attended by Ambassadors and other high-ranking diplomats of the foreign Missions in Moscow.

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අභිනවයෙන් ආරක්ෂක රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍යධුරයට පත්, ගරු ලක්ෂ්මන් සෙනෙවිරත්න මැතිතුමා වෙත රුසියානු සමුහාණ්ඩුවේ ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍ය ගරු ශර්ගෙයි ශොයිගු මැතිතුමා විසින් නිල සුභ පැතුම් පණිවුඩයක් යොමු කොට ඇත. එමෙන්ම රුසියානු ආරක්ෂක නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගරු කර්නල් ජෙනරාල් ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩර් ෆෝමින් විසින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නව ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් තනතුරට පත් හේමසිරි ප්‍රනාන්දු මහතා වෙත ද සුභාශිංසන යොමු කර ඇත.